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Charmander's Everlasting Flame (Part 2)
We walked on towards Pewter City. At least, we hoped we were walking towards Pewter City. With all of this forest stretching way too far in every direction, we were really quite lost. As we walked aimlessly onward, JJ grew more and more disappointed.
"Charmander mander char," I told him. "Yes, we will probably get there soon, Charmander." He smiled encouragingly. "But then again, we might not..." and he sank back into his own thoughts again. Then I had an idea. I felt really stupid, because I hadn't thought of it before.
"Charmander! Char mander char char!" I cried.
"Of course! You're so smart, Charmander!" JJ replied. He quickly took one of the pokéballs off of his belt, and threw it on the ground.
"Spearow? Spear?"
"Spearow, I need you to fly above the treetops and find Pewter City," JJ directed. "Then come back down and point out the direction we need to go."
Spearow nodded, then flew almost straight up through the trees. JJ was beaming now. Actually, so was I. Our food supply was getting low, and I was looking forward to a night in a cozy, warm bed. Actually, I didn't get to sleep on the bed because I'd probably light it on fire with my tail, but I was happy anyway. Anything, it seemed to me, was better than this forest with its cold dirt and far too many trees.
Spearow fluttered back down from the trees, which brought me out of my daydream, and started to bird-walk along a path that led off to the side. He looked up at JJ, who smiled and said, "Thanks, Spearow. I owe you one," and brought him back inside his pokéball.
We started walking again, and this time we knew where we were going. We had walked for about 30 minutes when another trainer came into view. JJ said, "Great! There's another trainer! That must mean we're getting close!" I smiled. I could smell the aroma of the city already. A bit harsh, but welcome after the same musty old smells day after day.
We got closer, and the other trainer noticed us and started walking purposely towards us. When we were within hearing range, he said quietly, "I challenge you to a battle." Simple as that. I saw JJ's eyes light up and thought, "Uh oh. Here we go again."
"I accept that challenge," JJ replied excitedly. "3 pokémon each sound OK to you?"
"Sure," said the other boy. "I choose Growlithe."
"Ha, I choose Squirtle,"JJ practically yelled. I wish he wouldn't yell so loudly, it hurts my ears. "Squirtle, bubblebeam now!"
Squirtle replied, "Squirtle squirt" (You're going down!) and fired, well, a beam of bubbles at the Growlithe. I could see the individual bubbles hit the Growlithe, and he got weaker with each one.
"Growl..." he faltered, then hit the ground, out cold. "You're good, I can see that. Poliwag, GO!" I was startled. This was the boy who had been standing there so quietly just a minute before?
"Squirtle return! Bulbasaur, I choose you!" "Bulbasaur!" (I'm not gonna lose to you, tadpole)
"Poliwag, hypnosis now!" "Wag!" Poliwag's spiral started to spin. It was so nice, so soothing... WAIT! I wasn't supposed to be falling asleep! I shook my head to clear it. I looked over and saw Bulbasaur doing the same thing.
"All right! Shake it off, Bulbasaur! Vine whip, NOW!" I watched the Poliwag get whipped by Bulbasaur's vines. "Bulbasaur, leech seed!" The leech seed hit the Poliwag, and he promptly fell over, fainted.
"Poliwag, return! Now for your last challenge. Nidorino, GO!" "Charmander, I choose you!" I stepped into the makeshift ring. I was nervous, let me tell you. This Nidorino was twice as tall as me, and three times as heavy!
"Nidorino, poison sting!" There was no way I was having that huge horn stuck in me! I managed to dodge the attack, and he hit a tree.
"Charmander, fire spin!" I managed to get a critical hit, but he still looked pretty strong. Now unstuck, he whirled around.
"Nidorino, fury attack!" I dodged most of it, but I was hit twice. They were glancing blows that spun me around and made me disoriented. I ended up falling flat on my butt, mildly nauseous. I heard a voice say, "Nidorino! Fury Swipes that Charmander!" Before I could react, I was suddenly getting hit again and again by Nidorino. Well, at least the pain brought me back to my senses.
"Nidorino, finish it off with a Body Slam!" Now, I was NOT going to become a pancake! I dodged, and Nidorino found himself in an intimate relationship with the ground I had been sitting on. "Nido...RINO!"(That's IT!) He launched himself at me again. I turned around to see Nidorino hurtling towards me, with his feet tucked back and head pointed at me.
"CHARMANDER!" (AAAAAAHHHH!) I yelled.
JJ was suddenly in front of me, trying to block me from Nidorino's attack. Nidorino hit JJ sending him flying into a tree. He moaned, tried to stand up, and fell back down.
I turned around, and saw Nidorino with a smug look on his face. That made me indescribably ticked off. "CHARMANDER CHAR CHAR MANDER CHAR!" (I can't believe you hit JJ! How could you, you oversized excuse for a porcupine!) I was so angry! I took a deep breath, and expressed my fury with a move I had just taught myself... fire blast! The toasted Nidorino looked at me in awe, saw that I was charging up for another one and jumped back into his pokéball.
"Well, you have certainly proven yourself to be an excellent fighter, and you have also shown that you love your trainer very much." The trainer was talking to me. I had to fight the urge to roast him as well. "Since you love him, as I'm sure all his other pokémon do, I will take you all to Pewter City. That is where you're headed?" I nodded. He sent out a Snorlax who lumbered over to JJ, picked him up and followed the path that we had been taking earlier.
So, we are still on our way to Pewter, but we're much closer then we were last time. We also made a new friend, who I hope will come with us on our journey.